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The Leadership of Gen Peter Pace, USMC
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/16/class-act/ ^

Posted on 10/18/2007 2:59:41 PM PDT by NFOShekky

Class act - Updated with photos!

October 16th, 2007 · 12 Comments Got this from several sources, and it’s a good follow-up to yesterday’s post on our outgoing Chairman:

I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief we toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall. I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general’s rank was pinned to each card. The cards were personally addressed and said:

“These are Yours- not mine! With Love and Respect, Your Platoon Leader, Pete Pace 1 Oct”

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam just the day before! I later found out that 1 Oct was also the same day he stepped down as chairman.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: leadership; marinecorps; military; pace; peterpace; veterans
Came across this and it didn't appear to have been posted yet! A great story and a lesson in leadership - Semper Fi!
1 posted on 10/18/2007 2:59:50 PM PDT by NFOShekky
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To: NFOShekky
Even more important than being a lesson in leadership (IMO) it’s indicative of exceptional decency,humility and loyalty.
2 posted on 10/18/2007 3:06:12 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
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To: NFOShekky

Class act is right. You won’t see this man crying in his beer.


3 posted on 10/18/2007 3:17:26 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: freema

ping...bring your kleenix


4 posted on 10/18/2007 3:52:58 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: NFOShekky

I’m speechless. What an amazing act of character. General Pace had nothing to gain from this selfless act of humility and loyalty to his fallen comrades. My God, what an honor to live in the same time as such a man!


5 posted on 10/18/2007 4:33:37 PM PDT by PeterFinn
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To: NFOShekky
of course the main stream press will ignore this.

Now if this were some aids wall and a famous homo would have left a message like this, they would be all over the story...

Sign of the times... the Lord is getting ready!

6 posted on 10/18/2007 4:40:53 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: NFOShekky
Thanks for posting those photos.

Additional threads:

General Pace Lays Down His Rank!

Man of Honor [Gen Pace Leaves Stars at "The Wall"

7 posted on 10/19/2007 5:31:40 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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